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OUTDOOR WORK: CONSTRUCTION AND FARMING at Buddhist Center in CA
ORGANIZATION: Odiyan Buddhist Country Center
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This is resident volunteer opportunity: meaningful work for body, mind and spirit at a long-standing (almost 50 years!) Buddhist center in CA
Do you love variety in your work, being outdoors, learning practical skills and big projects that challenge you?
Our team is seeking healthy, strong residents eager to engage a lifestyle of physical work, community living and self-development through work.
Odiyan Retreat Center is located on a 1000-acre spiritual and ecological preserve in rural Northern California, 100 miles north of San Francisco. We are perched on top of a ridge overlooking rolling mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Odiyan is modelled after Tibet's first monastery-a three-dimensional mandala.
Living and working at Odiyan includes:
- Free home-cooked vegetarian meals and beverages
- Free housing in a large room with a balcony, one roommate.
- Free WI-FI and domestic phone calls
- Free skill training in a wide range of trades and traditional arts
- Access to a healthy setting of nature, hiking trails, swimming, wide-open spaces, sacred beauty, fresh air, clean water, and nutritious food
- Morning practices in chanting, Buddhist prayers and meditation, classes related to Buddhist teachings.
- Living allowance of $150 per month.
You will also learn: how to cook vegetarian meals, clean and landscape around the Temples, work in the vegetable gardens, care for the animals, general maintenance of equipment, machines, temples and living facilities. At Odiyan we take care of everything!
REQUIREMENTS:
- College degree or significant training in any specific skill
- Experience working with tools and/or small machines in any of these fields: woodwork, metalwork, construction, building, landscaping, farming, painting, concrete, stonework.
- Physically strong, able for manual work for hours each day, including repeated lifting, bending, kneeling.
- Minimum commitment of six months.
Join our team now! Please note that this opportunity is physically demanding. Please do not apply if you have ongoing problems with your back, knees, arms, wrists or shoulders. They will get worse.
If you have a passion for the physically active lifestyle, self-knowledge and giving to a greater vision, Odiyan may be the place for you! The community life, classes, and on-going work projects are directed to the benefit of yourself and all humanity.
For a more 'inside' view of Odiyan see our photos on Facebook: OdiyanBuddhistRetreatCenter
Follow us on Instagram for great stories! https://www.instagram.com/odiyan_mandala/
Interested? Here is what to do next:
o get started on the application process, email us your resume and a short statement about why this opportunity interests you. Add a clear photo of yourself, if you like! If you have any questions or just want to chat about living and working at Odiyan, don't hesitate to call.
- Couples welcome to apply.
- We cannot accept children or animal companions.
- We are a smoke and drug-free community
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About Odiyan Buddhist Country Center
Location:
Tin Barn Road, Cazadero, CA 95421, US
Mission Statement
Odiyan's mission is establishing a home for the Dharma(Buddhist teachings) in the West and to support Buddhist centers and practitioners in Asia. Live-in volunteers support this purpose integrating creative and challenging work with a path of self-exploration that develops inner potential.
Description
Living at Odiyan is an opportunity to work for preserving enlightened knowledge for our world, and fostering harmony for oneself, our planet and all beings. Founded in 1975 by Tibetan Buddhist Lama Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, Odiyan Country Center is located on a 1000-acre spiritual and ecological preserve in rural Northern California, north of San Francisco. Odiyan is open to those who wish to offer their time and energy in service through our Resident Volunteer Work-Study program: 2024Work-Study in Action begins February, 2024 with entry dates available until May 2024.
Program length: Preference is given to applicants who commit for the full duration of 8 months. The minimum commitment is 6 months.
Although Odiyan has its foundations in Tibetan Buddhism, no religious affiliation is required to join the team. The ideal volunteer is open-minded, self-reflective and ready to engage deeply on both internally and with the work. Couples are welcome.
All residents receive vegetarian meals, housing, living allowance $200per month,($300 after one year), classes on Tibetan yoga, Buddhism, mantra, plus training in a wide variety of practical skills, trades and sacred arts.
Applicants need to be in good physical shape and able to engage manual work for hours during the day, This includes repeated lifting up to 40lbs, bending, kneeling, standing, walking, use of hand power tools and small machinery.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Tin Barn Roadcazadero, CA 95421
DATE POSTED
July 15, 2020
SKILLS
- Animal Care / Handling
- Welding
- Gardening
- Auto Mechanics / Repair
- Carpentry
- Interior / Exterior Decorating
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 23
- Minimum six month committment.
- Physically strong, able to engage manual work for hours each day, including repeated lifting, bending, kneeling.